Time Slips Away ...

... but nothing seems to have progressed during this damn dementing lockdown since it began. I do wonder how long a whole planet of bored, giddy, distracted homo sapiens can tolerate being told that doing nothing for months on end is a responsible and rewarding way to behave. To me it sounds completely counter-intuitive to the human condition - and that it just can't last.

Because, yeah, it's good to put your shoulder to the greater wheel by taking your shoulder off your own smaller wheel but the all wheels are connected in the end. If they weren't, then the clock wouldn't function. And if the kilter isn't even, then something always gives!

I suppose we could drag out the metaphor here but I'd prefer to do that over a pint!

Still, and thankfully, other creatures have no such restrictions imposed on them these days and good luck and more power to them. It certainly is nice to be able to go out and observe them going about their business in their own world ... even if that can be a perilous place for them.

But, as they say, constant vigilance is the price of liberty!

The birds know this anyway but it's a hard lesson that we'll now have to learn quickly.

More soon ...
 

Let me ride in the wide open country ... 




 

Life During Covidtime!

As we continue to slowly trudge through these depressing Covid days - these apparently never-ending disaffected, disinfectant days - I continue to scour that fenced-off,  'within 2Km of home', tract of land for sight or light of any feathered fellow who might be so courteous as to stop and pose for a pic ... and, thus, shine a light!

Thankfully, there have been plenty of obliging passerines passing about this week, so here's another 30-odd second epic for you all - one that will paint a fairly succinct picture of the kind of bird life busying itself in the postage stamp-sized quadrant that is my mini-section of Dublin's parklands! :)

I post this, as I know everyone has had their stresses and traumas these past few weeks and my treks in the park have been the main thing to help me to cope with this really awful phase of time. I do hope you've also found your way of weathering the storm.

Musical accompaniment here is from ours truly, zee Ukeristic Congress, a sound that echoes better days! God, 'twould be nice to play with them again and anon.

Stay ... safe and sound, amigos!

More soon ...

 "I wanna ride to the ridge where the West commences ..."